White-spored Series 



Sections of C. laccata 



Time — Spring to autumn. 



Habitat — Wood, swamps, or open fields, naked ground, mossy 

 or grassy places. 



Var. amethystiiia has cap darker, gills amethyst, quite 

 decurrent. 



Var. pallidifolia, gills paler than laccata. 



Var. striatula, plants small, gills showing as lines through 

 the thin cap. 



Clitocybe virens 



Cap or Pileus — Fleshy, convex, expanded, obtuse. Pale greenish 



blue. 

 Gills or Lamellit — White, crowded, thin, slightly decurrent. 

 Stem or Stipe — White, with occasional rusty spots ; stiff, solid. 



Sometimes two stems are found growing together at the base. 

 Spores — White. 

 Flesh— ^N\\\\.(;. 

 Time — Autumn. 

 Habitat— '\\\t specimen photographed was found growing in 



mixed woods in Pennsylvania. 



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